Politics
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Parliament back to debate emergency bill
House of Commons sits today to deal with an emergency bill to spend billions of dollars to fight the COVID-19 pandemic
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Trade deal gets sign off amid border closure speculation
Senate signed off on the bill to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement as parliament closes for five weeks
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US$8.3B measures being enacted to combat coronavirus
Legislation will provide federal public health agencies money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments, and help state and local governments prepare for and respond to the threat
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Kahnawake blockade on CP tracks comes down
Activists voluntarily dismantled their camp next to Canadian Pacific Railway tracks after three weeks
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Coerced Uighur labour taints electronics supply chain
Companies outside China are benefiting from coercive labour practices imposed on the Uighurs, a Turkic ethnic group, and other minorities
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China’s manufacturing lags as virus breaks supply chains
Factories that make the world’s smartphones, toys and other goods are struggling to reopen
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CN laying off 450 in the East
Layoffs will affect operational staff, including employees working at Autoport in Eastern Passage, Moncton, Charny and Montreal
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Business associations call for end to rail blockade
Some $425 million worth of goods are being held up for every day the blockade goes on
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Canada to endorse heavy fuel ban in Arctic
Changes would reduce the environmental impact of Arctic shipping but would cost northern families hundreds of dollars a year
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Protesters shut down Ontario-US bridge
Thousand Islands Bridge closed, police tell travellers to cross elsewhere